The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-01-28
OUR BOOM BEGUN
No longer the Old Machine Shops,
but heneeforth and forever,
the NEW CARRIAGE
WORKS
|IOLA'S FUTURE ASSURED.
An enthusiastic meeting accepts the
proposition of the New Carriage
Company and pledges it
self to stand
by it.

was held in the Opera House Monday
evening to consider the proposition of
the New Carriage Works Company.
There were proSab ly $50 or 200 men
present, the bone and sinew as well as
the capital of our town, and the meet.
ing was harmonious and enthusiastic
from beginning to end. It was called
to order by II. L. Henderson, upon
whose motion W. A. Cowan was cleo
ted chairman. On motion C.. F. Scott
was elected secretary. Mr.. Cowan
then made q statement Of the PROPOSE
ton the Company wished to make to
the citizens. In substance it was this:
The gentlemen composing the Com
pany are w. A. Cowan, w. II. Rich
ards, L. l.. Northrup, Knapp & Hart
man. w. NJ. Hartman, Bowlus &
Hartman, n. F. Norine and s. w. FL
ms. who pledge themselves to invest
q capital Of $4,000 in the enterprise.
They ash: the citizens to raise a fund of
$3.50 fc r the purchase of the old bridge
shcps. If this is done the Company
pr opO sc to roof and enclose the entire
Tnain building, to raise the south hail
| Of th main building another story in
heig hit, to put in an engine of sufficient
pow er to run all the machinery that
the entire building will hold, and to
employ from . to 80 hands in the
ma aufacture of carriages, hacks and
on.nibuses. The object in putting in
the engine is to attract other manufac-
tories here by furnishing them power
at low rates.
After the statement by Mr.. Cowan.
speeches favoring the enterprise were
male by J. w. Scott, DIR. Hendricks,
Jud &c Talcott and others. On motion
a committee of five was appointed to
sol icit subscriptions for the purchase
of the shops, as follows. II. L. Hen
deason, w. l.. Bartels, John III. Harris,
w. H. Mcclure and G. H. DeClute.
On motion every man present, by a
rising vote, pledged himself to do his
best by money, work and talk, to
make the enterprise a success. After
some farther talk, the meeting ADJOURN
ed to assemble upon call of soliciting
committee.
1t is needless to say that the REGIS
TER publishes the above report with
unalloyed satisfaction. When we first
alluded, several weeks ago, to the pos
sibility of a company being organized
to fit up and occupy the machine
shops, although we spoke hopefully.
we must conf ess that it was with some
misgivings in our own mind as to
whether anything would come of it.
The meeting Monday night banished
all such misgivings. In the first place
the names q the men who form the
stock company. are of Themselves guar
antics of success. They are men whom
we all know, and know to be men of
means, of undoubted integrity and of
fine business ability. They have lived
here for years, they have helped build
up the town, nearly all their business
interests are here. and we may be abso-
lutely certain that they are going into
this thing to win. And in the second
place. the temper of the meeting Mon
day night was such as to make it clear
that the citizens will do their part with
cheerfulness and alacrity. Wepredic-
ted that the committee appointed to
solicit subscriptions will have no din.
Guilty in securing the required amount.
The advantages to the town of having
this enterprise 60 through are too
obvious to need argument. Everybody
recognizes them and everybody is de-
termined to do his part toward bring
ing them. As long as there is nothing |
particular on hands, lola people can
bicker and bubble as much as any,
body else; but when it "comes to the
pinch" it will always be found that
they have shuffied around some way
until they are all standing in a solid
line, shoulder to shoulder, "with one
heart and one mind" That is the wav
they are standing now and they mean
business. !